2025-2028 NPCC Wildlife & Rural Crime Strategy
Yellow-legged Asian Hornet Week 1st - 7th September 2025
Operation EASTER launches for the 28th year
Bat Conservation Trust launch Halloween video to celebrate bats 🦇
Operation Badger re-launch for National Badger Day!
Craig Fellowes awarded MBE for services to wildlife
Operation EASTER ~ 27 years of stopping egg thieves
Man who abseiled down cliff to take peregrine falcon eggs jailed
Newport company fined for the demolition of Bat Roost
Cheshire man sentenced after admitting animal cruelty offences
2,114 seizures of endangered animals and timber in major international law enforcement operation
Natural England prosecutes developer for breaching Bat Mitigation Licence
Vale of Glamorgan man prosecuted for destroying valuable wildlife habitat
Wildlife detectives take part in new Forensics Training programme
PSNI investigate death of two white-tailed eagles
PSNI launch Operation SUBRISION to deter and detect rural and wildlife crime
Lewisham man convicted for illegally exporting ivory
Operation EASTER launched for 2023 - stopping egg thieves and egg collectors
Monmouthshire company fined for damaging an important Great Crested Newt habitat
15 Nov 2013
Posted by NWCU2 “The Obama administration fed six tons (5.4 tonnes) of ivory trinkets – all made from the tusks of dead elephants – into a giant blue industrial rock crusher on Thursday to demonstrate its resolve to end an illegal $10bn (ÂŁ6bn) trade that is funding international crime and terrorism. The highly symbolic act of destruction at […]
Read more → 15 Nov 2013
Posted by NWCU2 “Eight live big cats, tortoises, hippo teeth and a Rolls Royce upholstered with alligator skin were seized by UK border officials in a record year for endangered animal items. More of these items were confiscated in the year up to April 2013 than in any other year, the Home Office has said. One of the […]
Read more → 13 Nov 2013
Posted by NWCU2 “Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC November 13, 2013 I am proud to announce the State Department’s first-ever reward for information leading to the dismantling of a transnational criminal organization, as part of our new Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program. The involvement of sophisticated transnational criminal organizations in wildlife trafficking perpetuates corruption, […]
Read more → 11 Nov 2013
Posted by NWCU2 
New ACPO lead for Wildlife and Rural Crime appointed 11th November 2013 Chief Constable Simon Prince of Dyfed-Powys Police has been appointed as the new ACPO lead on Wildlife and Rural Crime. CC Prince will be attending the 25th National Wildlife Crime Enforcers Conference in a few weeks time.
Read more → 11 Nov 2013
Posted by NWCU2 “Landowners, gamekeepers and country sports enthusiasts in Angus are being urged to join Police Scotland in their fight against illegal poaching in the area. They are being recruited to become the force’s additional “eyes and ears” in a new Poacher Watch scheme being launched cross the region. The scheme, which will be officially launched at […]
Read more → 08 Nov 2013
Posted by NWCU2 “More suspected rhino poachers have been arrested so far this year than were taken into custody for the whole of last year but rhino poaching continues unabated with 825 carcasses bearing mute testimony to the continued slaughter of this Big Five species. This translates into 2.7 rhinos a day, with the Kruger National park still […]
Read more → 07 Nov 2013
Posted by NWCU2 “Representatives from 6 European countries gathered in London over the past two days to discuss how to increase the numbers of young people going fishing, at a conference hosted by the Angling Trust on behalf of the European Anglers’ Alliance. Angling has been shown to be highly beneficial for the development of young people and […]
Read more → 07 Nov 2013
Posted by NWCU2 “NAIROBI, Kenya – INTERPOL’s Project Eden, targeting the illegal trade and disposal of waste, has been officially launched during  the INTERPOL Environmental Compliance and Enforcement events in Kenya. Through Project Eden, INTERPOL aims to raise the profile of this transnational crime which in addition to threatening the quality of the global environment and posing a […]
Read more → 05 Nov 2013
Posted by NWCU2 “Wildlife crime app launched An app has been launched that will enable people to record and report suspected cases of wildlife crime directly to Police Scotland via their iPhone. The app is the brainchild of former Wildlife Crime Education Officer, Andy Turner who was looking for a way to improve awareness, detection and reporting of […]
Read more → 05 Nov 2013
Posted by NWCU2 “WASHINGTON — The United States Fish and Wildlife Service will destroy six tons of illegal African elephant ivory next week that it has been stockpiling since the ’80s, officials said on Tuesday. Blaming increased demand for a devastating rise in poaching, largely by organized crime syndicates, members of a task force created by President Obama […]
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